Ski Bum, First Edition (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is square and sound. Spotless inside with no creases, marks or damage to pages. Very slight mottling to exterior covers that can only be seen on close inspection in good light. Bottom 1/8" of spine discolored from sun exposure. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. It has three small tears along the top edge, the longest of which is about 2/3". There is also a faint water spot in the lower left corner of the back cover. Otherwise, very little wear. It will be bubble-wrapped and carefully packed in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. First Edition. First Edition. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed, back cover soiled, shelf wear to top of spine. Now in protective bro-dart. Some foxing/tanning to end pages. Clean and tight.

Paperback. first edition. very good - fine, rubbing paperback,

Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition Thus. 159 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Mild creasing to covers and spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine trade paperback. Signed with inscription on tp. No names or markings to text. 356pp. Co hist. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 244 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, Slight Usage, Former Owner's Bookplate Mostly Under Front Flap. Dust Jacket Price Clipped At Top Of Front Flap.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Near fine spiral bound illustrated wraps. 8vo. 101pp. Black plastic comb binding. Aspen History in verse. No names or markings to text. West fiction poetry scarce.

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket has only minor wear to the top edge, now in mylar sleeve. Binding is solid, text is clean.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed/inscribed by Romain Gary. First edition, first printing. Hardcover, in jacket. An ex-library copy with a previous owner's stamp inside. Some marks in text. Hinges are a bit weak. Jacket has been taped to book. Exterior shelfworn. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.). Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and blind embossed on front cover; blue topstain; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 244pp. Faint sunning to spine ends and board edges, with faint offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.95), lightly tanned with shelf-soil, with tiny tear to upper front flap fold; Very Good. The Lithuanian-French author's novel focuses on a young man as he leaves America for the Alpine mountains of Switzerland to reach his skiing goals; precedes French translation, Adieu Gary Cooper (1969). Its film adaptation (1971), directed by Bruce D. Clark, starred Zalman King, Charlotte Rampling, and Joseph Mell. [83971].

[New York], Harper & Row, 15 décembre [1964]. 81 f. (170 x 700 mm) chiffrés, impression recto en noir. Jeu complet des épreuves de The Ski Bum [Adieu Gary Cooper]. Avec un exemplaire de l'édition : New York, Harper & Row, [février] 1965. 1 vol. (145 x 210 mm) de 244 p., [1] et 1 f. Cartonnage et jaquette illustrée de l'éditeur. Édition originale et premier tirage. Les deux premiers feuillets contiennent le texte des deux rabats de la jaquette ; le troisième, les mentions de copyright. Suit le texte qui sera publié en février 1965 chez Harper & Row. Les épreuves sont datées en tête du 15 décembre. Le roman est publié directement en anglais et ne sera traduit et publié en France que quatre ans plus tard, sous le titre Adieu Gary Cooper. Cette version originale est terminée en Californie, en novembre 1964. La version française ne sera publiée, entièrement traduite par Gary, qu'en mars 1968 : elle constituera le second volume de sa « Comédie américaine ». Ce texte français sera alors dédié « à Diego », son fils, alors âgé de six ans. Parce que Diego Gary naît en dehors du mariage de ses parents, les premières années de son existence seront cachées aux proches du couple. Son père utilise ses contacts diplomatiques pour faire établir un acte de naissance à Charquemont, en date du 26 octobre 1963, date postérieure à celle du mariage de ses parents - qui se sont unis en secret le 16 octobre 1963, dans le village corse de Sarrola-Carcopino. De telles épreuves, a fortiori s'agissant de textes de Romain Gary parus aux États-Unis, sont rares.